kurt: Hey, Thanks for the link. although an espresso is ours of choice early am, a French Press is tops in our book. And yes, eyeballing the amount of coffee to brew and a Burr Grinder are essential! ; )

dennis: Hmmmmm, in the summer we will have an iced Breve ( a couple shots of espresso over ice and about a 1/2 cup or less of half and half. An iced Americano would be the espresso over ice with whatever amount of water you wanted in your cup. Hope that helps....

dcb: Thanks for seeing the obvious!

anon: I hear ya and Thanks for popping by! As you can see, rather than being tortured continuously by all the BS politics, I'm trying to enjoy this life a bit also.